This map shows the cost of charging an EV at home across the U.S.
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This map shows the cost of charging an EV at home across the U.S. Home-charging is significantly cheaper in all 50 states than fueling a car with gasoline.
Source: Yale https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/whats-cheaper-fueling-your-car-with-gas-or-electricity/ #energy #uspol
Is that North Dakota at under a dollar? Nice
The other subtle gain by charging at home is that I never need to go out of my way to fuel up or wait for a gas pump. It charges while I sleep, and I essentially never go longer than one charge in a day. (Although presumably I could; DC chargers are plenty around here.)
Now we need to give renters the same awesome charging experience!
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This map shows the cost of charging an EV at home across the U.S. Home-charging is significantly cheaper in all 50 states than fueling a car with gasoline.
Source: Yale https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/whats-cheaper-fueling-your-car-with-gas-or-electricity/ #energy #uspol
@Sheril
I see a major drop in.cost for areas with a lot of hydro, tends to keep power costs down, but the same spaces are often much less accessible. -
This map shows the cost of charging an EV at home across the U.S. Home-charging is significantly cheaper in all 50 states than fueling a car with gasoline.
Source: Yale https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/whats-cheaper-fueling-your-car-with-gas-or-electricity/ #energy #uspol
@Sheril yeah but EVs are not cheap to buy in the US
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@Sheril yeah but EVs are not cheap to buy in the US
@Sheril also very VERY expensive to set up the whole home charging station (if u even own a home to begin with)
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@Sheril I’ve never lived in a place where home-charging would have been possible; I hope by the time I need a new car there are enough fast chargers around that I can get an electric car anyway
@ShadSterling @Sheril Where I live now I couldn't do home charging either. But then, where I live now, I don't need a car at all, so there's that.
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This map shows the cost of charging an EV at home across the U.S. Home-charging is significantly cheaper in all 50 states than fueling a car with gasoline.
Source: Yale https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/whats-cheaper-fueling-your-car-with-gas-or-electricity/ #energy #uspol
@Sheril not to mention the cost of a full tank.
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This map shows the cost of charging an EV at home across the U.S. Home-charging is significantly cheaper in all 50 states than fueling a car with gasoline.
Source: Yale https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/whats-cheaper-fueling-your-car-with-gas-or-electricity/ #energy #uspol
@Sheril I do have a home charger. I charge at night when it's much cheaper. It costs me $20/month to charge my car. I drive about 1000 miles/month. It paid for my home charging station in one year.
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@Sheril also very VERY expensive to set up the whole home charging station (if u even own a home to begin with)
@lemizy @Sheril See Technology Connections' latest video on the topic. It does not have to be "VERY expensive" to charge an EV at home. You can slow charge using a standard US 120V outlet, you can repurpose a dryer outlet. Most people could get by with level 1 (120V) charging for their daily commutes. The bigger issue is that EV charging is not available to most renters in the US and even providing some 120V outlets would go a long way to alleviate this.
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At home. What does it cost at a public quick charging station, equivalent per gallon?
@Chancerubbage
Prices vary wildly at public EV charging stations, but they are almost always cheaper per mile than gas.
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This map shows the cost of charging an EV at home across the U.S. Home-charging is significantly cheaper in all 50 states than fueling a car with gasoline.
Source: Yale https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/whats-cheaper-fueling-your-car-with-gas-or-electricity/ #energy #uspol
@Sheril nah thats so cheap, what??? Here in adelaide its like 3 dollars off peak and 6 dollars on peak
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Its a lot less if you have solar on your roof... The equivalent of making your own gasoline at home
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This map shows the cost of charging an EV at home across the U.S. Home-charging is significantly cheaper in all 50 states than fueling a car with gasoline.
Source: Yale https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/whats-cheaper-fueling-your-car-with-gas-or-electricity/ #energy #uspol
How much does it cost to use an electric train?
Where is the infrastructure for mass transit?
Why are personal vehicles still hailed as a viable answer to climate change's problems?
The sea is rising ever faster.
Elon's cars aren't helping anyone but Elon, and he's digging underground to hide from the rising tide.
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This map shows the cost of charging an EV at home across the U.S. Home-charging is significantly cheaper in all 50 states than fueling a car with gasoline.
Source: Yale https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/whats-cheaper-fueling-your-car-with-gas-or-electricity/ #energy #uspol
@Sheril Interesting to see that the only state in which charging an EV is more expensive than in California is in Hawaii. Why is that? What can we do about it?
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How much does it cost to use an electric train?
Where is the infrastructure for mass transit?
Why are personal vehicles still hailed as a viable answer to climate change's problems?
The sea is rising ever faster.
Elon's cars aren't helping anyone but Elon, and he's digging underground to hide from the rising tide.
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More trash for the heap. What is your point?
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More trash for the heap. What is your point?
@Sea1Am @noodlemaz @Sheril What's yours? You're in favour of restricting disabled people to their homes? And you know that public transport can be EVs too? Trains, buses, etc. There are reasons for transport which aren't just individual people as well.
Why do you think it's an either/or? And I wouldn't touch a Tesla with a ten foot pole either but he's hardly the only option these days. -
@Sea1Am @noodlemaz @Sheril What's yours? You're in favour of restricting disabled people to their homes? And you know that public transport can be EVs too? Trains, buses, etc. There are reasons for transport which aren't just individual people as well.
Why do you think it's an either/or? And I wouldn't touch a Tesla with a ten foot pole either but he's hardly the only option these days.In my ideal world disabled people wouldn't need cars at all. Ever heard of a 15 minute city?
In fact, I would rather people just left cities entirely and lived in small communities taking care of each other like we did before we were all enslaved by people like Elon Musk.
I'm sick of people pretending they're saving the world by buying an electric car, it's a lie.
Stop fooling yourselves. It's pathetic.
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@Sea1Am @noodlemaz @Sheril What's yours? You're in favour of restricting disabled people to their homes? And you know that public transport can be EVs too? Trains, buses, etc. There are reasons for transport which aren't just individual people as well.
Why do you think it's an either/or? And I wouldn't touch a Tesla with a ten foot pole either but he's hardly the only option these days.I must insist you scroll up and look at my original comment. I am quite aware of the fact EVs are not all cars.
Idk what kind of day you are having, but I hope the rest of it goes better.
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In my ideal world disabled people wouldn't need cars at all. Ever heard of a 15 minute city?
In fact, I would rather people just left cities entirely and lived in small communities taking care of each other like we did before we were all enslaved by people like Elon Musk.
I'm sick of people pretending they're saving the world by buying an electric car, it's a lie.
Stop fooling yourselves. It's pathetic.
@Sea1Am @ariaflame @noodlemaz @Sheril Be the change you want to see in the world. Go live your life in a little communal town. Then once you're there (after you've worked your sustainable farm plot, shorn your sheep, contributed to the community goods, and helped your neighbor build their barn) you can safely scold others on the internet for living unsustainable lives.
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@Sheril Interesting to see that the only state in which charging an EV is more expensive than in California is in Hawaii. Why is that? What can we do about it?
@ELS @Sheril Because much electricity generation in the US comes from burning fossil fuels, which are costly to import to such an isolated location. And having an interstate connected grid helps offset costs from supply-demand mismatch, which is something Hawaii doesn't have.
ETA: Maine, and I believe New York, are also higher than CA.
